Bernie Saggau Award of Merit Winners

The Bernie Saggau Award of Merit honors individuals whose leadership, service, and support of education-based activities reflect the values of the longest serving executive directors of the IHSAA; 2. The award was presented in honor of Lyle T. Quinn from 1968-1995, and in honor of Bernie Saggau from 1996 to the present; 3. The Bernie Saggau Award of Merit is considered the highest honor presented by the IHSAA’s Board of Control.

LAST NAMEFIRST NAMECITY/SCHOOLYEAR
AdamsHerbertAmes1973
AlexanderJamesHampton1986
AndersonDr. WilliamDes Moines1987
AndersonBruceBoone2007
AndersonDavidBoone (IHSAA)2014
BalkDanKuemper Catholic, Carroll1997
BechtelDavidWest Des Moines1992
BergeDr. EarlFort Dodge1980
BickfordRonaldDanville1994
BillingsMikeRoland-Story2012
BooneHenryWoodbine1978
BrookhartGordonFairfield1984
BurnsWayneDecorah1980
BuschRobertRiverside, Oakland2005
CarlsonR. WesleyHumboldt1991
CarlsonDwightUrbandale (DE)2003
CarpenterDoyleSpencer1974
CollinsKathy LeeDes Moines (DE)2000
CollisonCraigSioux City2015
CourterLloydBoone1995
CrossDwayneRockwell City2006
CueRobertNorth Tama, Traer2012
DelaneyDanMason City2008
DiedrichsenBillTipton1990
DoumaFrankOttumwa1969
DoumaLesOrange City2003
DuncanSteveWest Des Moines2008
DyeLewisOttumwa1984
DyerRollinAtlantic1990
EagenTerryNorth Central, Manly1997
EhnJeanneBCLUW, Conrad2011
FarrellEugeneSioux City1979
FisherDonaldDavenport, Central1994
FlegeArloWaverly (IASB)2002
FrazierOrvilleGuthrie Center1986
FulmerLowellGraettinger1980
FunkGeorgeMarshalltown1988
GannonJohnEmmetsburg1986
GarbierSteveKuemper Catholic, Carroll1978
GibsonWilliamWaterloo1981
GoschDonaldSumner1981
GraeberH.P.Conrad, BCL1975
GretaCarolDes Moines (DE)2013
HarrisDaveOttumwa2007
HartyDavidBoone2004
HelvickDonAnkeny (DE)1999
HendersonMikeDes Moines (IGHSAU)2006
HeroldDaveWaukon2018
HidingerGeorgeCedar Rapids2000
HintzDr. PhillipNewton2002
HoenshelJackCenterville1989
HolmstromBillClinton1998
HuetherNancyBallard2011
HulstNickRock Valley1992
HusemanVernonFort Dodge1986
HutchinsonWilliamEstherville1997
IhnenCraigWest Des Moines2017
IrwinCharlesSioux Center1982
IsleyHarrySpirit Lake1968
JeffreyJudyDes Moines2012
JohnsonBerryHampton-Dumont1998
JohnsonHaroldHarlan2000
JohnstonPaulDes Moines (DE)1972
KanabyRobertIndianapolis [Ind.]2010
KeatingTomXavier, Cedar Rapids2019
KellyJimMediapolis1988
KibbyBillJefferson2001
KivettLeRoyLDF, LeGrand1991
KraaiRussHolstein1993
KramerDuaneCedar Rapids1999
LangCraigBrooklyn2010
LashierRichardClear Lake1979
LeonardCalHolstein1993
LiddyBobDavenport1985
LohmillerVirginiaBettendorf2001
LongSamDes Moines1997
LongGeorgeUrbandale1999
LongmuirBobNew Hampton2000
McGaffinCharlesWinterset1998
McLarenMarkSioux City1975
MenkeDeborahPleasant Valley2009
MeyerVinceBancroft, St. John1976
MilesCarlDes Moines (DE)1982
MillerDonFort Dodge2002
MitchellDr. JamesBurlington1991
MoffittRandyNorth Mahaska, New Sharon2017
MortensonR.O.North Polk1983
NanningaBrettTri-Center, Neola2014
NielsenRobertAr-We-Va, Westside1996
NoltingChuckBettendorf2001
O’ConnellKeithTurkey Valley1988
ObergSteveMaple Valley-Anthon-Oto2016
OffenburgerChuckCooper2011
OlsonCurtCreston2005
OvertonJohnDes Moines (IGHSAU)2014
OwensDavidWapsie Valley1992
ParkinJacquelineFairfield1988
ParrLarryAnkeny1989
PetersonFrancisDecorah (IASB)2004
PhillipsFrancisFort Dodge1977
PierceDennisPocahontas1995
PresnallDennyAnkeny (IASB)2009
PyleEldonOelwein1996
ReilandMarvIowa City2013
ReiterRussIndependence2019
RentschlerKirkSolon2007
RobinsonDr. JamesCedar Falls1984
RossGaryJohnston2018
RowedderDr. LarryDenison1987
RunyanDr. TedBritt1985
SadlerRonCrestwood, Cresco2006
SandDr. KennethSoutheast Polk1987
SchlapkohlE. KellyUrbandale1994
SchmickleyHaroldIHSAA1971
SchmidtRobertJefferson-Scranton1989
SchulerArnoldAtlantic1973
ScottDr. CraigChariton (IASB)2018
SextroDaveAlbia2005
ShannonBoydMonticello1970
SiddensRobertWaterloo, West1993
SmallingRayAmes1979
SmithDr. RichardDes Moines (DE)1990
SmithFrederickAnkeny2004
SteadDaveMonticello2012
SteinbergJackMason City1987
StilwellJerryDes Moines2002
StilwillDr. TedClive (DE)2005
StolfaA.J.Davenport1974
StoverDavidCharles City2000
StrobridgeE.G.Waterloo, West1978
StumbergGaryStarmont2009
SweetHaroldDubuque1983
TharpC.E.SEMCO, Gilman1977
ThomasEdAplington-Parkersburg2010
TolanJosephWall Lake1977
TryonGaylordDes Moines2001
UkerDonDenison2008
Van HeckeChuckMuscatine2003
VarnerO.C.Diagonal & Mount Ayr1976
VrbicekBobCedar Rapids1996
WagnerDickBurlington1990
WatermanSteveOsceola2004
WatsonR.R.Sheffield1969
WerlingRonaldIndianola2006
WhippleFredMediapolis2011
WhiteBobIowa City1998
WiebersRollieCharter Oak-Ute2019
WilliamsDougGilbert1996
WilliamsTomMuscatine2007
WinterFredCedar Falls1976
WrightJ.C.Des Moines (DE)1972
WulkowRickBoone2015
YatesThomasHolstein1982